One of the biggest (if not the biggest) heavy metal festivals in the world — Wacken Open Air — has just concluded this year run and has announced that next year lineup will include a headlining performance by Deep Purple. In 2013 the festival will run on the weekend of August 1-3. Weekend passes are […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2012-08-07
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Ian Paice will appear at the Musikmesse this year during the signing session(s) organized by Paiste (his cymbal company). The sessions are scheduled for Friday, March 23rd – 12:00 Friday, March 23rd – 14:00 Saturday, March 24th – 12:00 Saturday, March 24th – 15.00 When exactly he will appear has not been announced. The other […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2012-03-08
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Ian Gillan will take part in the Rock Meets Classic Tour 2012. The tour will also feature Steve Lukather (Toto), Jimi Jamison (Survivor), Chris Thompson (Manfred Mann’s Earth Band), Robin Beck, The Mat Sinner Band & The Bohemian Symphony Orchestra Prague. The line-up also includes Jimmy Kresic (keyboards), Alex Beyrodt (Primal Fear, Voodoo Circle / […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-08-14
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Amphitheater Gelsenkirchen Germany 20-07-2011 The whole day it was raining in Eindhoven. And when we left to Germany, Gelsenkirchen at some places it was still raining and busy on the road. In Gelsenkirchen no rain the whole concert. It was awesome Steve Morse a lot of solo’s, same as Roger Glover when he communicate with […]
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Posted in 2010-2012 Tours by user on 2011-07-21
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Blackmore’s Night will appear on the German TV show Fersehengarten this Sunday, July 17. They will perform the Journeyman off their Autumn Sky album.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-07-13
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As we hear from reliable sources, long time THS contributor Axel D. has managed to make his dream come true. He talked Jon Lord into performing Concerto at his hometown of Wiesbaden, Germany. The papers have been signed and the show will take place on November 6th, 2011. They chose the beautiful historic Kurhaus of […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2011-06-03
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German band Demon’s Eye, better known as a Purple tribute act who have performed with many members of the family, is putting out an album of their original (albeit heavily influenced) material aptly called The Stranger Within. Why aptly? Well, Doogie White is singing and from the snippets I’ve heard it sounds like a followup […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2011-02-22
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At the concert on November 27 in Hamburg’s Alsterdorfer Sporthalle the band played in front of a nearly sold out (7,000 people) audience. They had a surprise guest joining them just before the encores for Smoke on the Water. The Man In Black Jr — Jürgen Blackmore: Also, be sure to check out truly excellent […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2010-11-29
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The concert last night in Mannheim was simply brilliant. Everybody in good shape and good mood. Ian Gillan maybe with a slight cold, his screams “going away” towards the end… Roger, Ian Paice, Steve Morse and especially Don Airey with great performances. Set List the same as previous, they skipped “Things I never said” at […]
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Posted in 2010-2012 Tours by user on 2010-11-28
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During their stay in berlin on November 22, Steve Morse gave a video interview to More Metal. The questions ranged from his motivation to play music, to his opinion on live albums, to Joe Satriani, to the inevitable topic of a new album: Thanks to Blabbermouth for the info.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2010-11-25
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